Cohort study of effect of being overweight and change in weight on risk of coronary heart disease in old age.

abstract：:IgG4 related disease was recognized as a unified disease entity only 15 years ago. Awareness of IgG4 related disease has increased worldwide since then, and specialists are now familiar with most of its clinical manifestations. Involvement of the pancreato-biliary tract, retroperitoneum/aorta, head and neck, and saliv...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Lanzillotta M,Mancuso G,Della-Torre E

更新日期：2020-06-16 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine general practitioners' responses to and explanations for variation in rates of referral to hospital and how feedback of data on rates of referral could be used to facilitate practices in auditing their own referral behaviour. DESIGN:Visits by audit facilitators to general practices after feedba...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： de Marco P,Dain C,Lockwood T,Roland M

更新日期：1993-12-04 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To compare the costs of admission to a hospital at home scheme with those of acute hospital admission. DESIGN:Cost minimisation analysis within a pragmatic randomised controlled trial. SETTING:Hospital at home scheme in Leicester and the city's three acute hospitals. PARTICIPANTS:199 consecutive patients ...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Jones J,Wilson A,Parker H,Wynn A,Jagger C,Spiers N,Parker G

更新日期：1999-12-11 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To estimate the effectiveness of delivering an anthelmintic through a community child health programme on the weight gain of preschool children in Uganda. DESIGN:Cluster randomised controlled trial. SETTING:Eastern Uganda. PARTICIPANTS:48 parishes participating in a new programme for child health: 24 offer...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Alderman H,Konde-Lule J,Sebuliba I,Bundy D,Hall A

更新日期：2006-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe and quantify patterns of injury from antipersonnel mines in terms of distribution of injury, drain on surgical resources, and residual disability. DESIGN:Retrospective analysis. SETTING:Two hospitals for patients injured in war. SUBJECTS:757 patients with injuries from antipersonnel mines. MAI...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Coupland RM,Korver A

更新日期：1991-12-14 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether poor reporting of methods in randomised controlled trials reflects on poor methods. DESIGN:Observational study. SETTING:Reports of randomised controlled trials conducted by the Radiation Therapy Oncology Group since its establishment in 1968. PARTICIPANTS:The Radiation Therapy Oncology...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Soares HP,Daniels S,Kumar A,Clarke M,Scott C,Swann S,Djulbegovic B,Radiation Therapy Oncology Group.

更新日期：2004-01-03 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To investigate current practice of screening children from abroad for infections after coming to the United Kingdom, and to make recommendations for future practice. DESIGN:A review of literature and a questionnaire sent to all health authorities and boards in the United Kingdom. SETTING:All health authori...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Shabde N,Waterston T

更新日期：1990-10-06 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To test whether a drug review and symptom self management and lifestyle advice intervention by community pharmacists could reduce hospital admissions or mortality in heart failure patients. DESIGN:Randomised controlled trial. SETTING:Home based intervention in heart failure patients. PARTICIPANTS:293 patie...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Holland R,Brooksby I,Lenaghan E,Ashton K,Hay L,Smith R,Shepstone L,Lipp A,Daly C,Howe A,Hall R,Harvey I

更新日期：2007-05-26 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the impact of a pay for performance incentive on quality of care and outcomes among UK patients with hypertension in primary care. DESIGN:Interrupted time series. SETTING:The Health Improvement Network (THIN) database, United Kingdom. PARTICIPANTS:470 725 patients with hypertension diagnosed betw...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Serumaga B,Ross-Degnan D,Avery AJ,Elliott RA,Majumdar SR,Zhang F,Soumerai SB

更新日期：2011-01-25 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess whether a late evening meal would improve nitrogen balance in patients with cirrhosis of the liver. DESIGN:Randomised crossover study of meal schedules comparing three meals a day with four or six meals a day, the four and six meal schedules both including a late evening meal (2300). SETTING:Metab...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Swart GR,Zillikens MC,van Vuure JK,van den Berg JW

更新日期：1989-11-11 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the effectiveness of treatment with collar or physiotherapy compared with a wait and see policy in recent onset cervical radiculopathy. DESIGN:Randomised controlled trial. SETTING:Neurology outpatient clinics in three Dutch hospitals. PARTICIPANTS:205 patients with symptoms and signs of cervica...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Kuijper B,Tans JT,Beelen A,Nollet F,de Visser M

更新日期：2009-10-07 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare the implications of four widely used cholesterol screening and treatment guidelines by applying them to a population in the United Kingdom. DESIGN:Guidelines were applied to population based data from a cross sectional study of cardiovascular disease and risk factors. SETTING:Newcastle upon Tyne,...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Unwin N,Thomson R,O'Byrne AM,Laker M,Armstrong H

更新日期：1998-10-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Currently, clinicians have to make decisions about how to manage pulmonary embolism on the basis of imperfect tests and assessment of odds. Management protocols that inevitably result in large numbers of patients being referred for angiography are unhelpful. Management decisions based on assessment of odds and investi...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Fennerty T

更新日期：1997-02-08 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate systematically the review literature on type 2 diabetes to assess transmission of the findings of the United Kingdom prospective diabetes study (UKPDS), an important source of recent valid patient oriented evidence that matters (POEMs). DESIGN:Inception cohort analysis of the recent medical liter...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Shaughnessy AF,Slawson DC

更新日期：2003-08-02 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether a decision aid designed for adults with low education and literacy can support informed choice and involvement in decisions about screening for bowel cancer. DESIGN:Randomised controlled trial. SETTING:Areas in New South Wales, Australia identified as socioeconomically disadvantaged (lo...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Smith SK,Trevena L,Simpson JM,Barratt A,Nutbeam D,McCaffery KJ

更新日期：2010-10-26 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether being overweight in childhood increases adult obesity and risk of disease. DESIGN:Prospective cohort study. SETTING:City of Newcastle upon Tyne. PARTICIPANTS:932 members of thousand families 1947 birth cohort, of whom 412 attended for clinical examination age 50. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Wright CM,Parker L,Lamont D,Craft AW

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the primary care communications initiative, which introduced NHSnet to primary care in Scotland. DESIGN:Semi-structured telephone interviews, postal questionnaire. SETTING:All 15 Scottish health boards, random sample of 1 in 3 of all Scottish general practices. PARTICIPANTS:Information manageme...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Willmot M,Sullivan F

更新日期：2000-10-07 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To provide insight into factors that contribute to the anxiety reported in a quantitative study of the psychological effect of screening for type 2 diabetes. To explore expectations of and reactions to the screening experience of patients with positive, negative, and intermediate results. DESIGN:Prospective...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Eborall H,Davies R,Kinmonth AL,Griffin S,Lawton J

更新日期：2007-09-08 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the cost effectiveness of human papillomavirus testing after treatment for cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN). DESIGN:Economic analysis using a Markov modelling approach to combine cost and epidemiological data from the NHS Sentinel Sites Study with data from previous studies of post-treat...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Legood R,Smith M,Lew JB,Walker R,Moss S,Kitchener H,Patnick J,Canfell K

更新日期：2012-10-31 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine whether measurement of total cholesterol concentration is sufficient to identify most patients at lipoprotein mediated risk of coronary heart disease without measurement of triglyceride and high density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol concentrations. DESIGN:Cross sectional screening programme. S...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Neil HA,Mant D,Jones L,Morgan B,Mann JI

更新日期：1990-09-22 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To study different nutrients and food additives as risk factors for insulin dependent diabetes mellitus in childhood. DESIGN:Prospective case-control study. Parents of the children being studied were asked to fill in a questionnaire regarding the children's frequency of consumption of various foods. Parents ...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Dahlquist GG,Blom LG,Persson LA,Sandström AI,Wall SG

更新日期：1990-05-19 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether screening Danish men aged 65 or more for abdominal aortic aneurysms reduces mortality. DESIGN:Single centre randomised controlled trial. SETTING:All five hospitals in Viborg County, Denmark. PARTICIPANTS:All 12,639 men born during 1921-33 and living in Viborg County. In 1994 we include...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Lindholt JS,Juul S,Fasting H,Henneberg EW

更新日期：2005-04-02 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether low dose aspirin protects women aged 65 or more against cognitive decline. DESIGN:Cohort study within both arms of the women's health study, a randomised, double blind, placebo controlled trial of low dose aspirin for the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease and cancer, 1992-5. ...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Kang JH,Cook N,Manson J,Buring JE,Grodstein F

更新日期：2007-05-12 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate whether residence before and after birth near 50 Hz high voltage installations increases a child's risk of cancer and whether risk correlates with the strength of the magnetic field. DESIGN:A population based case-control study. SETTING:Denmark. SUBJECTS:1707 children under the age of 15 wit...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Olsen JH,Nielsen A,Schulgen G

更新日期：1993-10-09 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine whether the risk of breast cancer is increased by a recent term pregnancy. DESIGN:Population based case-control study. SETTING:Eight areas in the United States. SUBJECTS:Cases were 2279 multiparous women residents of the eight areas aged 25-49 who were diagnosed as having breast cancer during 19...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Cummings P,Stanford JL,Daling JR,Weiss NS,McKnight B

更新日期：1994-06-25 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To compare the course and outcome of psychotic illness in a group of Afro-Caribbean patients resident in the United Kingdom and a group of white British patients. DESIGN:Cohort study of consecutive admissions followed up for four years. SUBJECTS:113 patients with psychotic illness of recent onset admitted ...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： McKenzie K,van Os J,Fahy T,Jones P,Harvey I,Toone B,Murray R

更新日期：1995-11-18 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the risk of glioma in adults in relation to mobile phone use. DESIGN:Population based case-control study with collection of personal interview data. SETTING:Five areas of the United Kingdom. PARTICIPANTS:966 people aged 18 to 69 years diagnosed with a glioma from 1 December 2000 to 29 Februa...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Hepworth SJ,Schoemaker MJ,Muir KR,Swerdlow AJ,van Tongeren MJ,McKinney PA

更新日期：2006-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To test the hypothesis that radiography of the lumbar spine in patients with low back pain is not associated with improved clinical outcomes or satisfaction with care. DESIGN:Randomised unblinded controlled trial. SETTING:73 general practices in Nottingham, north Nottinghamshire, southern Derbyshire, north ...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Kendrick D,Fielding K,Bentley E,Kerslake R,Miller P,Pringle M

更新日期：2001-02-17 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare ultrasonography with intravenous urography in the investigation of adults with haematuria. DESIGN:Prospective study entailing the examination of all patients with both investigations concurrently. The investigations were performed independently on routine lists by different duty radiologists. Each...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Spencer J,Lindsell D,Mastorakou I

更新日期：1990-11-10 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the effectiveness of an integrated care programme, combining a patient directed and a workplace directed intervention, for patients with chronic low back pain. DESIGN:Population based randomised controlled trial. SETTING:Primary care (10 physiotherapy practices, one occupational health service, ...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Lambeek LC,van Mechelen W,Knol DL,Loisel P,Anema JR

更新日期：2010-03-16 00:00:00